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UNINA9910826515303321 |
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Flynn Kathy |
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180 days of social studies for kindergarten / / author, Kathy Flynn |
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Huntington Beach, California : , : Shell Education, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Social sciences - Study and teaching (Elementary) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910960010103321 |
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Hughes Jonathan <1952-> |
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The rise of alchemy in fourteenth-century England : Plantagenet kings and the search for the philosopher's stone / / Jonathan Hughes |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2012 |
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9786613606266 |
9781441147776 |
1441147772 |
9781472599193 |
1472599195 |
9781280576577 |
128057657X |
9781441142788 |
1441142789 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Alchemy - England - History - To 1500 |
Medicine - History - To 1500 |
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric - England |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-273) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword -- Section A: Alchemy and the Occult in English Cultural and Political Life. 1: Alchemy and the Occult in England ; 2: The Origins of English Alchemy and Sources for the Study of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England -- Section B: Astrology of the Earth - the Intellectual Impact of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England ; 3: Alchemy and Science and Philosophy ; 4: Alchemy and the Church ; 5: The Cultural Impact of Alchemy -- Section C: The Political Significance of Alchemy. 6: The Accession of Edward III ; 7: Alchemical Themes in the Kingship of Edward III ; 8: Richard II the Magus and Boy King ; 9: Richard II and the Occult -- Conclusion: The Lancastrian Reaction -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Alchemists did more than try to transmute base metals into gold: they studied planetary influences on metals and people, refined plants and minerals in the search for medicines and advocated the regeneration of matter and spirit. This book illustrates how this new branch of thought became increasingly popular as the practical and theoretical knowledge of alchemists spread throughout England. Adopted by those in court and the circles of nobility for their own physical and spiritual needs, it was adapted for the diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of the illnesses of the body politic and its hea |
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